I'm working with a Siemens C7-633P (S7-300 integrated with OP7 HMI) and Simatic Manager V5.3, SP3.
My problem relates to uploading the software from the PLC. When i do so using the "PLC> Upload to Station to PG" function a new folder is created containing the uploaded station. As the symbol table is not downloaded to the PLC it is not contained in this new file. Therefore when i try to open an FC on the uploaded station i get the following message "there are no parameter and local variable names available because their descritpion is not available or cannot be displayed".
I want to use this uploaded station as the master software as upon comparison (before the upload) there were differences in the variables in the data files. Obviously there will be a lot of expected differences however there are some parameters that are configurable via the HMI and I want to retain these values as they now are.
So my question is...
1) is there a way to integrate the uploaded station into the existing station so i can use the symbol table etc. (Note: i have tried importing the symbol table from the original file into the uploaded station and i receive the same message as before, upon opening any blocks.
2) The system data on the uploaded station is different from the original file (see attached screen shots). Does this imply a different station configuration?
I am new to Siemens and would appreciate any help.
Thanks in advance...
My problem relates to uploading the software from the PLC. When i do so using the "PLC> Upload to Station to PG" function a new folder is created containing the uploaded station. As the symbol table is not downloaded to the PLC it is not contained in this new file. Therefore when i try to open an FC on the uploaded station i get the following message "there are no parameter and local variable names available because their descritpion is not available or cannot be displayed".
I want to use this uploaded station as the master software as upon comparison (before the upload) there were differences in the variables in the data files. Obviously there will be a lot of expected differences however there are some parameters that are configurable via the HMI and I want to retain these values as they now are.
So my question is...
1) is there a way to integrate the uploaded station into the existing station so i can use the symbol table etc. (Note: i have tried importing the symbol table from the original file into the uploaded station and i receive the same message as before, upon opening any blocks.
2) The system data on the uploaded station is different from the original file (see attached screen shots). Does this imply a different station configuration?
I am new to Siemens and would appreciate any help.
Thanks in advance...